AmsterdamBy:
Tamires A. Dos SantosMaryanne Barcelos De Faria
Vannesa KelloThea N. O’Lari
The capital of The Netherlands
Located: Western Europe
Population: 811,000
Population of Metropolitan Area: 2.3 Million
Amsterdam Area: 219.32 km²
Water: 53 km²
AMSTERDAMPhysical Aspects
http://www.fansshare.com/gallery/photos/12528310/netherlands-map/?displaying
Political Aspects – Amsterdam Government
Eberhard van der Laan is the Mayor of Amsterdam since 2010.
Amsterdam City Council
The College of Aldermem
The Mayorhttp://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/living/about-amsterdam/city-of-amsterdam/city-government/mayor-of-Amsterdam
Political Aspects – Amsterdam
Government The 8 Districts
Centre
Noord
Zuidoost
Zuid
Oost
Nieuw-West
West
Westport
Council committees
Amsterdam Social Aspects
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/01/amsterdam-city-of-bicycles.html
Amsterdam Social Aspects
http://www.thecitypictures.net/europe/holland/amsterdam/family-cycle-train/
http://viet.tourviet.cz/novinky/2013/2/18/on-gio-xu-n-tr-n-t-ng-goc-ph-ch-u-u.html
http://hanoilive.com/an-gi/toi-tham-thanh-pho-nhieu-xe-dap-nhat-the-gioi.html
http://blogs.iesabroad.org/ajwardpugetsound-edu/amsterdam-trip/
Ranstad
http://globalizacao.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/globalizacao.jpg
Idea of the world being just one city
http://www.senado.gov.br/NOTICIAS/JORNAL/EMDISCUSSAO/upload/201104%20-%20agosto/fotos/80_Holanda.jpg
http://infalgazul.wikispaces.com/file/view/holanda.gif/74742633/holanda.gif
Green Heart
https://www.google.com/search?q=qual+e+a+distancia+entre+Rotterdam+e+Utrecht%3F&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=880&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=kFg8VKiYENH_sATH1oCwBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg#tbm=isch&q=Randstad&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=YVaKd_t_96bm-M%253A%3BB8QiJtU-
Four Main Dutch Cities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randstad#mediaviewer/File:Randstad_Population_Bubbles.svg
An extremely efficient network of transportation
systems
http://fotos.fot.br/page_img/14020/volvo_prata_parado_na_cidade
http://www.viajesaholanda.com/holanda-en-bicicleta/
http://www.oquesefaz.com/2011/07/04/de-amsterdam-a-paris-a-300-kmh/
How the Bike System Began
1957 - 1975:
Daily driving increased and cycling decreased per year
https://www.flickr.com/photos/letterlust/5021258152/
Something needed to change so People
took action!!
http://www.streetfilms.org/bicycle-anecdotes-from-amsterdam/
http://dutchbikeguy.wordpress.com/page/7/
http://lcc.org.uk/pages/holland-in-the-1970s
Car Free Sundays
http://thecyclingdutchman.blogspot.com/2013/08/in-city-of-bikes.html
http://www.corjaring.nl/home.php?template=provo_start.htm
http://www.nva.org.uk/past-projects/witte+feitsenplan+white+bike+plan-24/
http://wesleyvaughn.wordpress.com/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/world/europe/a-sea-of-bikes-swamps-amsterdam-a-city-fond-of-pedaling.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_infrastructure
Bike Boxes
Jodenbreestaat Shopping Street
http://bikeportland.org/2013/06/14/observing-jodenbreestraat-a-lively-shopping-street-in-amsterdam-88446
Why It Works
http://sdate.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/amsterdam-sodom-or-eden/
http://frametoframe.ca/travels/travels-netherlands/amsterdam-a-of-world-bikes-towers/
http://www.holland.com/uk/tourism/activities/traditional/bicycles.htm
Canals
Major Canals:• Singel• Herengracht• Keizersgrach
t• Prinsengrac
ht
Works Cited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o
http://www.streetfilms.org/
http://www.internations.org/amsterdam-expats/guide/moving-to-amsterdam-15398/amsterdam-districts-and-transportation-2
http://www.iamsterdam.com/
http://www.canallateral.com/2011/10/27/holanda-randstad/
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